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Notice Continuation of National Emergency Regarding the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear,
biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the
means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998, the President
issued Executive Order 13094 amending Executive Order 12938 to respond
more effectively to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass destruction
proliferation activities. On June 28, 2005, I issued Executive Order
13382 that, inter alia, further amended Executive Order 12938 to improve
our ability to combat proliferation. Because the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them continues
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the national emergency
first declared on November 14, 1994, must continue in effect beyond
November 14, 2006. In accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.

1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 12938, as amended.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.